BioCanRx is looking forward to hosting HQP at this year’s Summit4CI. From helpful workshops to opportunities to “meet the experts”, there will be quite a few HQP-targeted events and activities designed to maximize learning and career development.
HQP Development Day – This year, the HQP Development Day will take place from 1-5pm on Saturday, October 27, 2018. The day will involve up to two talks by biotechnology leaders, a keynote on Health Technology Assessment and concurrent breakout sessions on four career-related topics. HQP will have the opportunity to attend two different breakout sessions – check out the schedule below! Note that sign-up for the breakout sessions will be done online – if you registered to the Summit4CI as an HQP, you will receive an email about that in the following weeks!
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1:00 – 1:30pm |
HQP Development Day Sign-in (Same location as Summit4CI registration) |
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1:30 – 1:45pm |
Introduction and Welcome, Harry Atkins, MD |
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1:45 – 2:05pm |
Industry Talk by Merck |
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2:05 – 2:45pm |
Health Technology Assessment, Jeffrey Hoch, PhD |
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2:45 – 2:50pm |
Travel time |
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2:50 – 3:40pm |
Using Effective Data Graphics to Reveal Trends and Support Decision-making |
Communicating Your Research to the Public |
An Inner Look at the Life-Sciences Job Market (Glenn Lesko) |
Resume Writing for Different Sectors |
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3:40 – 4:10pm |
Networking Coffee Break |
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4:10 – 5:00pm |
Using Effective Data Graphics to Reveal Trends and Support Decision-making |
Communicating Your Research to the Public |
An Inner Look at the Life-Sciences Job Market (Glenn Lesko) |
Resume Writing for Different Sectors |
Using Effective Data Graphics to Reveal Trends and Support Decision-making: Data graphics help us discover trends and to explain and support our conclusions, while an understanding of data visualization helps to accurately evaluate the claims of others. Dr. Frank Delaglio will review strategies for creating and improving data graphics, including discussion of examples drawn from immunology research.
Communicating Your Research to the Public: When public support for research is constrained, scientists need to be proactive in sharing their research with the public. Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden will provide useful tips and exercises on how to communicate your research to the public and the media.
An Inner Look at the Life-Sciences Job Market: During this seminar Glenn Lesko will discuss the life science job market, breakdown the subsectors, look at specific roles that are trending and help you better understand what job opportunities exist in the life science/scientific area including research, sales, management and others. Bring your questions for an interactive discussion.
Resume Writing for Different Sectors: All resumes are not created equally, and each sector looks for different types of resumes/CVs. In this workshop, Stephanie Eberle will talk about different tips and tricks for writing resumes that are targeted for positions in different sectors. They will also discuss some general do’s and don’ts for resume/CV writing.
Meet the Experts
Monday, October 29, 12-1:20 pm
The Meet the Experts event will host approximately 12 subject matter experts representing various careers and job sectors relevant to HQP. It will be a semi-moderated “speed dating” event whereby HQP will have the opportunity to chat with a few subject matter experts in small groups. Here are the experts currently lined up, and more to come!
- Brad Nelson, PhD, Distinguished Scientist and Director, Deeley Research Centre, Co-Director, Immunotherapy Program, BC Cancer
- Christine Williams, PhD, Deputy Director, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
- Glenn Lesko, Partner and Recruitement Consultant, Lock Search Group
- Lee-Hwa Tai, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Immunology at the Université de Sherbrooke, researcher at the Centre de Recherche Clinique de CHUS
- Maureen O’Connor, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Forbius (formally Formulation Biologics)
- Natalie Wright, MSc, CCRP, Clinical Research Assistant, Clinical Trials Office, The Ottawa Hospital
- Sheila Singh, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), Principal Investigator, Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute, McMaster University
- Steve Seredick, PhD, Manager, External R&D and Alliances, Zymeworks
Looking For Your Next Opportunity?
Are you looking for your next opportunity? If so, we have a few ways to help you engage with the Summit4CI attendees. We will have stickers for your name badge and poster that will indicate that you are looking for your next opportunity. There will also be a career board where attendees (industry, academics etc) can post current opportunities. We recommend that you bring your résumé to share!
Career Board
During the Summit4CI, there will be a career board where attendees can post career related items, such as job postings and other opportunities.
Stay tuned to learn about other activities taking place during the Summit4CI for HQP!
Do you have questions or feedback? If so, please contact Megan Mahoney, Manager of HQP Training Programs at memahoney@biocanrx.com.
